Thomas hicks



(No Model.)

T. HICKS, Jr Milliuers Steamer end Presser.

Patented Sept. 28,1880.

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THOMAS HICKS, JR., on eRAvESEND, NEw'rtK.

IVIILLINERS STEANIER AND PRESSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,716, datedSeptember 28, 1880. Application filed April 17, 1880. (No model.)

.To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS HICKS, Jr., of Gravesend, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved MillinersSteamer and Presser, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class ot' de vices designed for millinersuse for the purpose of raising the pile on velvets, Ste., and will rstbe described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out inthe claims.

Figure 1 is a plan ofthe device with the cloth removed and a portionbroken away the better to exhibit other parts. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation ofthe same, partly in section, on line .r fr, Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a cross-section of a portion ofthe device on line y y, Fig. 1, andFig. 4 is a front elevation.

Similar letters of rei-erenceindicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, A is a box or case, in which a water-reservoir, B, isformed by means of the vertical partition C. D is the movable front ot'the box, provided with the vertical slot a. E E are the lamps-attached,it' desirable, to the movable front D-placed within the box or case A,on either Side thereof, leaving a longitudinal space between them forthe reception of the handle c of the flat-iron F, and about the wicks ofthese lamps E are the chimneys I), which direct the heat and tlameupward against the said nat-iron F, and are designed also to prevent theheating of the handle of the said atiron, which handle c projects downbetween them. The wicks of these lamps are adjusted by the regulatorscl, that extend from the front of the device, and air is admitted to thewicks through the side openings, o o.

A roller-frame, G, composed ot' two side bars, ff, that carry at theirforward ends a roller, g, is hinged on pins lt, which pins extendlaterally from the rear ot' the device, about opposite the partition C,and the side strips, f j', of said frame G are slightly bent inward, sothat they may rest upon the upper edges of the box A below the level ofthe flat-iron face and be thereby Supported.

A strip of cloth, H, is wound around the roller I, which is revolved bymeans of the crank m in the water K within the reservoir B,

and said strip H is passed up between the rollers L L and over the faceof the Hat-iron F and made fast to the roller g of the frame G,

which roller g projects over the front of the device.

In operating this device the lamps E E are lighted and allowed to burnuntil the face of the Hat-iron F is sufficiently heated, the frame G,with the cloth attached, being thrown back at the same time in theposition indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 2, or being altogetherdisengaged from the apparatus; then, when the flat-iron F issufficiently heated, the frame G, with its attached cloth H, is turneddown over the face ofthe Hat-iron F in the position shown in Figs. l and2. The roller g is then turned so as to draw the cloth H from the rollerI up between the rollers L L, which rollers L L may also be revolved bymeans of a crank, or by the cloth that is drawn upward between them andover the flat-iron F, the rollers L L serving to squeeze any excess ot'water ont of the said cloth H. Immediately then the heat of theflat-iron causes steam to arise from the cloth H, which is over the faceot' the said flat-iron F, and the operator then taking the piece ofvelvet or other material to be operated upon draws it, with downwardpressure, slowly and transversely over and upon the said steaming-clothH, and thereby effects the steaming. On lifting the frame G the saidfiat-iron F can be withdrawn through the said slot a ot' the front D,and be used after the manner of the ordinary fiat-iron, and thusaccomplish the pressing.

Havin g thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to Secureby Letters Patentl. A steamer and presser consisting of the box A,having water-reservoir B, lamps E E, at-iron F, roller-frame G, clothstrip H, and rollers I L, as shown and described.

2. In a steamer and presser, the combina tion, with the box or caseprovided with the water-reservoir B, of the hinged roller-frame G, thecloth strip H, and rollers I L L, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

3. In a Steamer and presser, the combina tion, with the box or case Aand flat-iron F, of the hinged roller-frame G and clot-h strip H,substantially as herein shown and described.

THOMAS HICKS, JR.

Witnesses:

G. H. WICKHAM, LAWRENCE VAN SIOKLEN.

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